I used to love using a Porcupine Quill Floater when bream fishing.:D Next would be the old cork floaters . The plastic bobbers suck .:rolleyes:
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I used to love using a Porcupine Quill Floater when bream fishing.:D Next would be the old cork floaters . The plastic bobbers suck .:rolleyes:
When I feel the need to use floats, I usually want the weight at the same time for a Looong cast. I tweek my floats a lot. This came from bank fishing gills near bottom in strip mines at 12'-16' a long cast from bank. First I buy my floats from Grizzly Jig Co in box of 3 doz. I like Carlsyle(sp?) in I think no.#738.
First I cut off the plastic, designed to cut-fail bead on top. Then I put a #8 glass bead on a doll needle to hold it while I position it properly. I put the doll needle w/bead through the float stem, put a 1/2' long piece of shrink tube over the float stem and the glass bead on top. Then I hit it with a heat gun.
The result is a so-so bobber transformed into a durable functionable one. With the addition of a large shot 6" above the jig it becomes a well balanced float that works well and casts a country mile. :D :D
Sound like a lot of trouble? Not for me! I guess I just like things that work well without paying too much for them. :D :D
Hello Nimrod, I think I have tried just about all floats trying to find one that I enjoy using and one that works well. I dont like to use a lot of weight under a float. I try to get by with as little weight as possiable, I wanted a float that I could see but one that will stand up with a little weight. I was using the wing -it floats but the line just did not flow thru the float with a small weigh. I have finally found the perfect float for brim and crappie at Bass Pro. It is called mr. crappie floats. It is a stryofoam float with a plastic insert down the center of the float with a bead made in the top of the insert where your line goes thru. The line flows thru so easy with a very small weight. They are in a flouresent green bottom and a chartreuse top that makes them easy to see. They also come with a weighted bottom so they will stand up with out a weight on your line. I like to use these when fishing with a minnow so it can swim around freely. Try them, I think you will find it is just what you are looking for. Good luck! Jimmy S.
What, no Bullet Bobbers yet???? J/K:D :eek:
I started using the wagglers this year and so far really like them. Dont have to use a lot of weight with them and most of the bobber is under water so wind does not affect it a lot. I mostly use the slip bobbers. I have different styles of these but seems like I'm using the wagglers more and more.
Mike
I use the small and large size unweighted styrofoam type floats from Comal Tackle Company I think, at least thats what it says on the package. But mostly the small size ones and I also use these to make VOSIs for my fly rod. I don't usually use a float (VOSI) for the fly rod but have started using them more often lately. See VOSI link below.
VOSI
Try a Jitterbee or scud on the flyrod too sometime under a VOSI. Shellcrackers (Redear) should go for it :). See link below.
http://laflyfish.com/index.php
I use wagglers for casting and very tiny pole floats for the telescopic pole.
My favorite bobber is Bass Pro Shops weighted balsa spring floats. The small ones.
I like the Thill Mini-Stealth (balsa) float. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...319428sm01.jpg
For Crappie ...... I prefer the styrofoam slip floats, for minnow fishing ... and the small, pear shaped plastic bobbers for the Float'n'Fly technique.
I've recently purchased/obtained some "rattling" bobbers ... but, as of yet, have not had a chance to try them out. I'll reserve judgement on them, until I've had a chance to use them in varying conditions.
One is a Mr Crappie Popper: (the bottom portion, in this picture, is concave ... to create a "popping" noise on the surface, by lifting & dropping it)
http://www.plastilite.com/graphics/i...pie-popper.jpg
It also contains rattles ... which make noise when the bobber is "moved", and they "rattle" regardless of which way the bobber is on the line. It is a "slip bobber" by design ... so, in order to use it as a "popper" float, you would have to use two bobber stops - above/below - which may limit your depth setting.
The others are: Mr Crappie Rattlin Pear (mfg'd by Betts). They are the clip-on, plastic type (clip at bottom & top) ... but with rattles.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...319261sq03.jpg
............. cp :cool:
NOW THAT IS FUNNY STUFF!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pstone
really though, I have never thought about bobbers so much, but now I am interested and will try some different ones. What is that quill thingy you were talking about, NIMROD?
I use a foam spider for a strike indicator/bait. Alot of times we catch two bream at once. I also use the twist on strike indicators, stick on Palsa, or the small slip ons.
Mostly use a foam spider though. :D
Yep. Me too sometimes when I'm not using a VOSI. But I usually use a yellow foam pusher (Dinny type Dremel Bug) on the fly rod with a scud dropper. The scud dropper (smaller fly) is tied to about two feet of 6lb. test monofiliment with the other end tied to the hook bend of the pusher (larger fly) so the dropper trails behind the pusher. I get bites on one fly or the other but sometimes I get doubles also. I got about ten or twelve bream (various kinds) out of one hot spot today with this dropper rig. They were feeding on a some small insect that dropped off the bank out of some brush down into the water which explains why I got most of them on the dropper rather than on the pusher.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwampHunter
Dropper Flies article link:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/alca.../ac022502.html
See Dremel Bugs and Creative Foam Fly Tying in the link below:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...82205fotw.html
That "quill thingy" is exactly that ..... a Crow or Goose quill. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by dmbutler47
Usually hand-made into a float - can be painted, or left natural.
Here's a pic of "Quill floats" :
http://i10.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/d5/69/af_1_b.JPG
............ cp :cool:
Thanks, CP. I will check those out.
I like the Waggler floats from Thill seen to work great and most of the float is under water so wind does not effect it as much
Never use anything but the quill usually about the 8 inch long version. But I usually am fishing 6 ft or less. I think another option would be better for deep water fishing, some type slip bobber
I love these Porcupine Quills. They are so sensitive.
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Originally Posted by crappiepappy
natural colored 1 inch cork float that the line goes through. I have tried them all for bluegill, one does the same as the other, it goes down when you get a bite.
I like the quill floats too. Have not been able to find any Tub Man got the last ones at Marrowbone lake bait shop. Mr Peppers has not been able to locate and restock. Good for shellcrackers. Anyone know where to get them now? Bass Pro does not have them. Lots of people never have heard of them. The plain cork is good. lol
i use the wing-its or a thill pencil bobber awesome stuff
i use Thill 3/4" slip bobbers.
http://images17.fotki.com/v312/photo...71/_038-vi.jpg
I like to use Mr. Crappie bobbers or thill floats. I use different sizes of each for the size fish I'm after or size weight I'm going to use. Depending on the situation. CF
i like thills mini shy bite or pear shaped styro
3/4" thills slip floats.
plain ol cor, run the line thru the stopper, and tie a piece of rubber band for the depth. Light for a gentle presentation.
for slip bobbers i like thill 3/4" and for set bobbers i like the cheap little round ones from walmart. 97 cents for 3 and they work great. i forget what company makes them but they are about the size of a quarter.
I'm with cody a slip is what I use. Quick to set depth.
Bill
Thill 3/4" slip
I use Thills also,both the lighted kind slips, and pencil slips.
Got a glue gun? You can make some great floats using plain soda straws, and they are slip bobbers if rigged a certain way.First fill the top of the straw with a little hot glue,Add a few small beebees or small shot.Heres the tricky part, you need a piece of wire, I used paper clips, make a small loop and insert it into the straw, fill the opening wioth the hot glue, now you have a weighted float that initially costs a bunch of money, but the next few will cost you only pennies.To use aas slip float put the line through the small loop at the bottom of the float, add a bobber stop bead, and there you have a slip float . I started making these things over 20 years ago, when the euro float craze started, Now I use them only in water under 10 ft, my lenghts would vary from 6 to 8 inches,and the added weigths would also change.At the end my floats would cost me a little over a dime each.
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One slip float I have fun using is The Boss bobber
http://www.rod-n-bobbs.com/
http://www.rod-n-bobbs.com/product_i...1134519020.jpg
The plastic center stem is spring loaded so it moves down by itself when a fish hits your bait. The fish feels little resistance when it takes your bait and makes the stem move down. By the time the body of the float goes under the fish is committed and you just have to set the hook.
Another favorite of mine is the Rocket Bobber
http://www.tackle2000.com/
http://www.tackle2000.com/images/208_wrb5-02_copy.jpg
One of its best features is that it has the spring loaded clip on the bottom like the old fashioned round bobbers. It's quick to attach as a fixed float or a slip float. I have a couple rods already set up with a bobber stop and a bead so I can use them with the Rocket Bobber as a slip float or take the Rocket Bobber off in a second to use some other presentation.
With little or no weight below the Rocket Bobber, it'll lay on its side on the water. It'll start to stand up when a fish takes your bait. I like to fish it this way in shallow water as a fixed float. I like slip floats to stand up when the bobber stop hits it so I know the bait is at the correct depth.
i cant realy concider myself much of a float/bobber user...i was planning on starting it though...at my local lake if you put 1/2 of a nightcrawler on a #10-#14 hook and drop it almost to the bottem the bluegill and redear will hit it all day....im trying to open up to more styles of bluegill fishing...
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Originally Posted by dmbutler47
A quill bobber is no more than a tiny stick(or originally a porcupine quill) with line clips/holes.
Hey do you guys know where I can find some porcupine quills--the african kind, I want to make my own?
Sorry nevermind, I found some online at www.dogmeier.com/africanporcupinequill.html--there's also some selling on eBay.
i like using the styrofome(spelling) bobber about 3 inches long.
I use the plastic "kids" bobbers. I guess I am a simpleton:)
Hi,
I started using the bobber kcbh posted on crappie.com..The bobber you drill three small holes in it and put split shots in the holes.....It lays flat...When you get a bite it stands up....I started using it pretty much all the time for bluegill last year...I bet I caught over nearly 80 percent of the fish when I got a bite with this bobber..Maybe even higher than that...Just give it a try someday...Only down fall is that after casting many times the lines starts to get twisty...Plus if the fish brings the bait up it is sort of tough to tell if you got a bite or not?...But, usually don't have a problem with that...
Jeremy
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You can get more details on this bobber at the archives stuff we don't want to lose or etc..
Jeremy
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1/2" balsa pencil floats are my favorite...I get em from Grizzley's and use the Wahoo brand...A box of 36 is around $20, item #786.....DemoMan